Dublin Farms, ltd

09/26/2024

Revised schedule! With Jumper ring!
Come get some points and have some fun! Eventers welcome!

09/05/2024

08/29/2024

Good morning everyone!
Unfortunately, due to the forecasted severe weather, the scheduled show at Dublin Farms, ltd this weekend will not be held. Apologies for everyone planning on coming out, but safety first!

However! The ring is set and you are welcome to come ➡️ Sunday, September 1st ⬅️ for open schooling, to let your horse see something different 🤗

Just please note that there will not be any judged classes.

Thank you for your understanding!

08/25/2024

HORSE SHOW AT DUBLIN NEXT WEEKEND! Plenty of stabling!
Classes for everyone! Call Boo For stabling

07/17/2024

Stable help five days a week. Must be able to clean stalls, put in feed, get horses in and out, sweep aisle , feed room, and tack room . Some times help to set jumps in the outdoor ring. We feed twice a day morning and afternoon.

07/16/2024

Let’s talk stalls.

Your stall is a representation of you. The proper amount of bedding means you care. A clean stall (including how you store your tack) shows you like to keep things neat and tidy. Full, clean water buckets and full hay nets (unless giving meds which dictate you pull these for a period of time) shows you have basic understanding of welfare. All these show you care about your image, how you present yourself, your horse, and the sport.

But a stall with no water or hay and full of manure and muck means you’re full of….well, we won’t go into details.

Not picking your stall and forcing your horse to stand in its own filth says a lot about you, your lack of respect for the sport, and most importantly your lack of respect for the horse. A properly kept stall is the most basic task every horseman should be capable of perfecting and should be done without complaint. A properly tended stall is a horseman’s sign of a horse that’s properly cared for.

📸 of a stall after 24hrs

06/27/2024

Things your riding instructor wants you to know:
1. This sport is hard. You don't get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don't, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot make it easy.

2. You're going to ride horses you don't want to ride. If you're teachable, you will learn from every horse you ride. Each horse in the barn can teach you if you let them. IF YOU LET THEM. Which leads me to…

3. You MUST be teachable to succeed in this sport. You must be teachable to succeed at anything, but that is another conversation. Being teachable often means going back to basics time and time and time again. If you find basics boring, then your not looking at them as an opportunity to learn. Which brings me to…..

4. This sport is a COMMITMENT. Read that, then read it again. Every sport is a commitment, but in this sport your teammate weighs 1200 lbs and speaks a different language. Good riders don't get good by riding every once in awhile….they improve because they make riding a priority and give themsevles opportunity to practice.

5. EVERY RIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. Even the walk ones. Even the hard ones. Every. Single. Ride. Remember when you just wished someone would lead you around on a horse? Find the happiness in just being able to RIDE. If you make every ride about what your AREN'T doing, you take the fun out of the experience for yourself, your horse, and your instructor. Just enjoy the process. Which brings me to...

6. Riding should be fun. It is work. and work isn't always fun.....but if you (or your rider) are consistently choosing other activities or find yourself not looking forward to lessons, it's time to take a break. The horses already know you don't want to be here, and you set yourself up for failure if you are already dreading the lesson before you get here.

7. You'll learn more about horses from the ground than you ever will while riding. That's why ground lessons are important, too. If you're skipping ground lessons (or the part of your lesson that takes place on the ground), you're missing out on the most important parts of the lesson. You spend far more time on the ground with horses than you do in the saddle.

8. Ask questions and communicate. If you're wondering why your coach is having you ride a particular horse or do an exercise, ask them. Then listen to their answer and refer to #3 above.

9. We are human beings. We make decisions (some of them life and death ones) every day. We balance learning for students with workloads for horses and carry the bulk of this business on our shoulders. A little courtesy goes a long way.

Of all the sports your child will try through their school years, riding is one of 3 that they may continue regularly as adults (golf and skiing are the others). People who coach riding spend the better part of their free time and much of their disposable income trying to improve their own riding and caring for the horses who help teach your child. They love this sport and teaching others…..but they all have their limits. Not all good riders are good coaches, but all good coaches will tell you that the process to get good is not an easy one.

📝 Kimberley Reynolds

📸 Max & Maxwell: Equestrian Photography

05/24/2024

9 Facts About Perfectionism: A mindset that must be unlearned or will ultimately bring your riding down 🧠

1. Every rider makes mistakes, even the best of the best.
It’s an unavoidable, universal experience and all a part of the sport.

2. Mistakes are learning opportunities.
You can grow from them and become better because of them.

3. Hyper-focusing on mistakes helps them happen.
They both become a self-fulfilling prophecy and take your focus away from your ride.

4. Mistakes mean you’re on the right track.
You can’t improve, learn, overcome challenges, and level up without them.

5. It’s not what happened but how you move forward from it that matters the most.
Moving on from the mistake matters more than the mistake itself.

6. Mistakes are temporary.
Work to fix and put them in the past instead of dwelling and allowing them to stick around.

7. Mistakes don’t define you.
You may have had a bad ride, but that doesn’t mean you’re a bad rider.

8. Social media only shows highlights.
Everyone is struggling whether they post about it or not.

9. Perfect doesn’t exist.
It’s impossible to meet unattainable expectations.

A perfectionist mindset and a lack of an ability to accept mistakes will do much more harm than good for an athlete’s mental performance. Mistakes are a normal part of sport and life. Everyone makes mistakes no matter how talented of an athlete they may be. Since perfect doesn’t exist, holding yourself to an unrealistic standard will only set you up for disappointment every ride. Instead, give yourself permission to make mistakes, using them to your advantage by viewing them as valuable feedback and learning opportunities. Refer to this post whenever you begin to feel hard on yourself, and remember that you are not alone! 🏇🏽💭✨
www.mindalignperformance.com

05/14/2024

Tip of the day Tuesday!!

Welcome to Trainer Tuesday! Each week we ask trainers a question and gather their answers for you. These trainers have a range of experience, backgrounds, and focus points of their programs, so the answers have as much variation as you would expect and also probably much more similarity. This week....

05/08/2024

Anyone looking to enter, or wondering what we are offering, please see updated showbill.... YES crossrail, etc. both days:)

05/05/2024

Horse show time! Show bill here!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MUOCWxY-P2sAFBHdjXPPCfvGrZ2iPol3/view?usp=drivesdk

04/10/2024

Dublin Farms Schooling Show Series!
Come have some fun!

03/11/2024

HERES A LINK TO THE REGISTRATION FORM FOR CLINIC!

02/26/2024

Video day was a huge success! Hope everyone can soak it up for the upcoming season, more video dates to come as requested!